I use procmail to invoke a perl script each time a message is posted to my
mailing list: :0 c * ^Reply-To: marxism(_at_)lists(_dot_)panix(_dot_)com |perl5
/users/lnp3/.procmail/webnewmail.pl ==== The perl script, as follows, invokes
the mhonarc command and also keeps track of when the month has changed. If the
month changes, it creates a new directory and funnels converted html messages
to that destination. #!/usr/local/bin/perl ## Specify a package to protect
names from MHonArc. package WebNewMail; $date = `date`; @date_tbl = split(" ",
$date); $day = @date_tbl[0]; $month = @date_tbl[1]; $year = @date_tbl[5];
$return = `ls /users/lnp3/public_html/archives/`; if ($return !~
/$month$year/)
{`mkdir /users/lnp3/public_html/archives/$month$year`; `chmod a+x
/users/lnp3/public_html/archives/$month$year`;} ## Edit to point to installed
mhonarc. $MHonArc = "/usr/local/bin/mhonarc"; ## Define ARGV (ARGV is same
across all packages). ## Edit options as required/desired. @ARGV = ("-add",
"-quiet", "-outdir", "/users/lnp3/public_html/archives/$month$year",
"-rcfile",
"/users/lnp3/public_html/archives/main.rc"); ## Just require mhonarc, this
prevents the overhead of a ## fork/exec. require $MHonArc; ==== I have also
used the following resource files to great advantage. They create date, thread
and author indexes. With minor changes, they are the ones that are found at
http://www.sonic.net/~snevel/mhonarc.html, the website of Simeon Nevel who was
of tremendous help when I first got started. Speaking as somebody who has
worked with both Hypermail and Mhonarc, I can say that Mhonarc is the greatest
thing since sliced bread and Earl Hood is to be commended for developing
such a
terrific product. Main.rc: 75
/users/lnp3/public_html/archives/author.rc
%b %d, %Y Date From Subject 033 date1.html date
$IDXTITLE$
----------
[<$PREVPG$>< Prev Page] [<$NEXTPG$>Next Page >]
Page $PAGENUM$
[<$FIRSTPG$><< First Page] $PREVPGLINK$ [<$TIDXFNAME$>Thread Index]
[<$LASTPG$>>> Last Page] $NEXTPGLINK$ [<auth1.html>Author Index]
----------
* $MSGGMTDATE$
* $SUBJECT$, $FROMNAME$
----------
[<$FIRSTPG$><< First Page] $PREVPGLINK$ [<$TIDXFNAME$>Thread Index]
[<$LASTPG$>>> Last Page] $NEXTPGLINK$ [<auth1.html>Author Index]
thrd1.html
$TIDXTITLE$
----------
Marxism Archive Index (by Thread) [<$TNEXTPG$>Next Page >] [<$TPREVPG$><
Prev Page]
Page $PAGENUM$
[<$TFIRSTPG$><< First Page] $TPREVPGLINK$ [<$IDXFNAME$>Date Index]
[<$TLASTPG$>>> Last Page] $TNEXTPGLINK$ [<auth1.html>Author Index]
----------
----------
[<$TFIRSTPG$><< First Page] $TPREVPGLINK$ [<$IDXFNAME$>Date Index]
[<$TLASTPG$>>> Last Page] $TNEXTPGLINK$ [<auth1.html>Author Index]
Author.rc: 75 %b %d, %Y Date From Subject 033 auth1.html
auth
$IDXTITLE$
----------
[<$PREVPG$>< Prev Page] [<$NEXTPG$>Next Page >]
Page $PAGENUM$
[<$FIRSTPG$><< First Page] $PREVPGLINK$ [<thrd1.html>Thread Index]
[<$LASTPG$>>> Last Page] $NEXTPGLINK$ [<date1.html>Date Index]
----------
* $FROMNAME$, $FROMADDR$
* $SUBJECT$, $MSGGMTDATE$
----------
[<$FIRSTPG$><< First Page] $PREVPGLINK$ [<thrd1.html>Thread Index]
[<$LASTPG$>>> Last Page] $NEXTPGLINK$ [<date1.html>Date Index]
